Jogger seriously injured by falling tree branch

Emergency services with the fallen branch at the scene of the accident in Whittington

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A jogger suffered multiple injuries when a tree branch fell on her as she was on her morning run in Staffordshire today.

The woman, in her 50s, was airlifted to hospital after being struck by falling branches at a remote woodland spot near Burton Road in Whittington, Lichfield, shortly after 11.15am.

Passers-by alerted emergency services to the incident.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Ambulance crews were called to reports of a woman who had become injured after a large tree branch had fallen on her. The woman was discovered by a passer-by who alerted the service to the incident.

“On arrival at the scene, crews found a woman, lying on the floor with a tree branch over her lower legs.

“The woman, believed to be in her 50s, was treated for head, abdominal, hip and back injuries.

“She was also treated for hypothermia. The woman was fully immobilised at the scene and given pain relief before being airlifted to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further assessment and specialist treatment.”